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W. NY BOOTH VEHICLE WHEEL Aug. 9, 1932.

Filed July 18 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 W. N. BOOTH VEHICLE WHEEL Aug. 9, 1932.

Filed July 18. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 9, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM N. BOOTH, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO KELSEY-HAYES WHEEL CORPORATION, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF 'NEW YORK VEHICLE WHEEL Application illed July 18,

The invention relates to vehicle wheels and is particularl a plicable to vehicle wheels of motor truc s, uses and the like. One of the obj ects of the invention is to so construct gfthe wheel that single or dual tires may be mounted u on the same wheel body member. Another o ject is to so construct the wheel that the dual tires may be readily removed from the wheel body member. Further obn jects of the invention reside in the novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a vehicle wheel embodying my invention;

Fi ures 2, 3 and 4 are cross sections, respectively, on the lines 2 2, 3 3 and 4 4 of Figure 1;

Figure is a section on the line 5 5 of Figure 3;

igure 6 is a front elevation, showing a modication Figures and 8 are cross sections, respectively, on the lines 7 7 and 8 8 of Figure 6.

The vehicle wheel has the series of radiall outwardly extending hollow spokes 1 and t e peripherally extendin rim portions 2 forming the rim and locate at the outer ends of and referablly cast integral with the spokes, t ese s o es and rim forming the bod of the w eel which is mounted upon the ub 3 of the Wheel. The wheel illustrated in Figures 1 to 5, inclusive, is a rear wheel and has the brake drum 4 which is secured to the inboard side of the wheel body by the. bolts 5 and nuts 6, which also secure the wheel body to the fixed flange 7 of the wheel hub.`

This brake drum has the axially outer portion 8 of its web laterally offset axially rearwardly from the wheel body to properly position its brake flange 9.

To provide for inter-chan eably mounting f upon the same wheel body either a single tire or dual tires and at the same time to provide at the axialacont 11s piokes eithertireimay be readilyf ated.l With 1927. Serial No. 206,755.

ly inner portions 13 are provided with inter` engaging tongues 16 which together encircle the rim portions 2 and are ada ted to engage their radially outer faces. or detachably securing the fellies to the wheel body, I have provided the bolts 17 which 4extend radiallyv through, the tongues 16 and the transverse slots of the rim portions, and the nuts 18 threaded upon the radially inner ends Vof the bolts and having ta ered end faces 19 for engagin the tapere seats 11. Thetongues';

16 each ave a length sufficient to receive the bolts upon opposite sides of the alternate spokes and as a result provide sufficient strength to withstand the strees to which the are subjected. The bolts 17. are refera 1y secured premanentlyv to the fellies `as by shearing the bolts to form the shoulders 1 engaging the radially inner faces of the tongues, the bolt heads engaging the radially outer faces,

20 are Vccurlespondin tire carrying rims which,asshown, are of esolid base ty e and have uick detachable tire retaining anges 21. ese tire carrying rims are mounted upon the radially outerportions 14 of the fellies and are permanently secured thereto as' by means of the rivets 22, which extend throughfthe bases o'f the tire carryingrinis, the `latter bein secured to the f ellies vwith their adjacent tireretainin Iiang'es near the median plane of the whee but suiieientl spaeedapart so that thepneumatic tires wi not contact while in use.

V23a are'cprresponding valve stems for the neumatic tires, each extending through the ase of its riin 20 and bei-n angled to positionV its -ca j near the in an plane o :the wheel an between adj sothat seen that the valve stem for the inboard tire extends between the brake drum and the inboard felly.

From the above description, it will be seen that both of the ellies may be readily removed-2- ronn them wheel body :byv loosening the nutsflfB yand then'vwitldrawg theiellles in a laterally outward directionhat fygfllieh timnth belts Slide threugh the @renverse 's1-etsj in the rinpmdilsjQ- jj' i :after theI outboardellybas been" 4rernovedifthe tire readily removed or the tire carried byth'rlm upon the inboard fellyg-Z-may be readilyrey moved without the necessity of removing the '-latterl felly. 1 i 1..11 'fr www :Figure 671and'18llnstratea'modifiedoom struction! 4ofl Wheel iinffwhiebtheiellyf'Z-tmd carried by the rim upon this ellywrnayberthggygh taehably securing said fellies to said Wheel rlm portions.

3. In a vehicle Wheel, the combination with a wheel body member of a pair of demountable rim rneinbers having radially inner and outer portionemith t e'. e t f sqspaeed any;

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